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By Jack Joseph Smith
Frightened
Across the cobblestone
Across the sandstone
Across the sand itself
Into the sea
Your ankles have not sunk
I would definately be looking back
Just the way he did
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
The speaker follows a route across cobblestone, sandstone and sand into the sea, says the addressee's ankles have not sunk and imagines looking back as another man did.
The speaker combines forward movement with an urge to look back. The final man remains unnamed, so the page cannot establish a particular religious or historical allusion.
Claude
'Frightened': 'Across the cobblestone / Across the sandstone / Across the sand itself / Into the sea', ending 'I would definately be looking back / Just the way he did'.
A walk into the sea becomes an image of fear and looking back.